i know what you’re thinking… are these more fashion snaps from coachella? no indeed! these are high school fashions in 1969 photographed by arthur shatz for life magazine.
High school fashions, 1969
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Awesome! I would have rocked the mini dresses w/ patterned tights or the red corduroy pants + v-neck. Super cute!
woah! people should still dress like this
people do dress like this.
Yes they do, San Francisco for example. Cool.
hair envy! everyone has such thick, shiny hair back then!
people today can too. just dont dump so many chemicals in it, then burn it with a straightener, hairdryer, or surling iron.
that’s not entirely true. people ironed their hair (on ironing boards, even) and many of the beauty products were even more caustic then than now, kids just didn’t use them then. Yes high schoolers ARE kids. I just think it has to do with how long we have been exposed as a society,high schoolers growing up too fast and our nutrition (lack their of)….
Far out fashions, regardless.
That’s not true.. I saw a whole lot of girls with really thin hair. And some with not-that-shiny hair.
These are great! Loving those crazy tights and all the knee socks!
This post made me happy!
This is my favourite old age!
those tights are awesome!
Unbelievable!! they all look stunning!
Wow these are really incredible! Most schools back then seemed to have had such a strict dress code, I feel like it’s rare to see outfits like these in a school setting which makes it all the more interesting. Maybe this was like their version of a casual Friday or something?? So groovy heheh.
I don’t recall very much in the way of a lot of strict dress codes in most public schools with which I was familiar. Are you of that era? What town did you live in?
I think it was in the late 60s they said girls could wear pants instead of a dress. New Bedford Mass.
Oh wow, dream wardrobe all over this post. Man, you find the best stuff. <3
These are fantastic. The clothes are so voluminous! They look so modern, apart from their expressions – they seem much less self aware than some of the lacklustre Coachella pictures I’ve seen.
This is brilliant. I love this!!
i looove the girl in the red bell bottom cords! and those wild, crazy patterned tights! this is awesome.
Those leggings, my word. I definitely need to get searching the Life archives.
These are perfect!
These pictures are beautiful. Ive looked at them at least ten times. I’m going to have to keep all my clothing for my children because fashion most def does come full circle. Thanks for sharing
Yeah…
Given the chance, I’d probably wear those tights.
“more fashion snaps from coachella” lol!
sigh… i’ve long wished i lived in the sixties…
Wow! It’s funny how so many of these trends are popping back up! I am glued to these pictures.
I was almost in high school in 1969 and I had those wacky tights and several of the shoes and sandals shown in the photos–thanks for the great trip!
Wow, how wonderful! The Life Archives are such an amazing source of inspiration.
wow! these are so great. i wish people still dressed with a bit more.. class. even those these are all dressed down kind of outfits, no one wears anything nice anymore! my mom has some really cool pics hanging outside her high school (and the one i went to) from almost a decade after this in 1978, still really cool people all hanging out on the grass.
1969 was the year my mom graduated high school and her photos look JUST like this. i sent this post to her and she said it was spot on, of course!
hey you…….i did not say that! the pics are good, liked them. thanks
These are awesome! So colourful, and, er, is it just me or does it look like the girl in the black and white gingham is being hit on by a pervy older teacher?
hahaha, i thought the same.
Dream post!
I would have loved to be a teenager back then … the clothes, the music, the atmosphere, the festivals ….
Groovy……….I graduated in 1969 and these photos brought back good memories of things we used to wear………the clothes were just more fun and wholesome looking (asisde from mico minis) and the hair…………..not dyed and not chopped off………left long and thick and parted down the middle, note too, the lips on the girls…….there appears to be no lipstick, but indeed there was, it was specifically flesh colored, I remember it well, we tried to make out lips NOT stand out! What a funny thing to do LOL. They should post some pictures of the early 70′s too, in 1970 “hot pants” came out………I remember walking around EMU campus in knee high patent boots, long dark hair and the ridiculous tiny little boxer short looking things called hot pants! Not a care in the world! Bring out Inagoddadavida baby, it’s time to be cool. From Lauren’s Mom
Wow, these photos are just fantastic. I love being able to look back on the world and see what it use to look like, as if time stands still right in those photos. Love it!
just amazing!
i love vintage colour film.
These are the most beautiful fashion photos I’ve seen all month. That was many years before my birth, but I have a distinct feeling that 1969 was straight up MAGIC.
This is the most inspiring thing I’ve seen all day. Way. Too. Cool. In the drama department at my school we’re performing “Up the Down Staircase,” also set in the late 60′s. I’d love to do crazy fashion like these!
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Em
I love the colours!
These are amazing, kinda wish I lived then.
if only me and the kids in my grade were so cool!
these are great
OMG!! thanks for sharing this!!!!!
those mini dresses are to die for!
super cool post! thanks for sharing this!
Wow. Great post! I’d love to see more if you can find it!
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WOW loved them all – really wish we still dressed like this now :) the hair, the flow, the colours… love it all. x
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crazy that we are, of course, still wearing some of these styles today.
Look at the colour! No black to be seen! Makes me want to go home and make kermit green flares and candy pink minidresses. Sigh…I was born in the wrong era…
My Mom graduated in 1970. I had the good fortune to inherit a few pairs of unopened tights like the ones pictured above.
I loved them to death. My friends didn’t know what hit them.
Love it!
Coachella look’s is not so amazing like that.
Wow! I remember those fashions! But we were not allowed to wear them to school. I lived in a conservative area. In 1971 I was a member of the committee that petitioned the school board to allow us girls to wear pants to school. That is right: girls could only wear skirts. And we had a teacher who would measure the hemlines to insure that they were only two inches above the knee. We had a major victory. We could wear dressy pants suits but absolutely no jeans.
i graduated in 1972 i remember in the winter walking to school with leggings on under my dress because it was so cold out and then having to take them off when getting to school because we were not allowed to wear pants to school until things changed and then we could and also one day i wore a jumper and it was measured it was more than the allowed 2 inches above the knee and i was sent home and i remember my mother having to bring the hem down a little. i had these green bell bottoms that were soo big i think they were called them elephant pants. i am glad i grew up in that era.
I LOVE the first two! i would totally rock those looks
Cool! Love the colored socks :)
I still cant imagine myself wearing one of these.
AGHH Life: to think all of these beautiful ladies are either old as fuck or dead
at least they got immortalized in these pictures,cool…
i wold still wear most of these outfits… they are awesome!!!! :)
…i have many of these outfits…and i actually wear them…scary…
As you, too, will be one day, and you’ll find its better than being a teenager!
everyone has such thick, shiny hair back then!, i love this
The big difference? Very few heavy people. Not to criticise, just to observe.
Um, I was in high school during that time and we were not allowed to wear skirts that short. The vice principal would line us up while we stood upright on our knees, and line up a ruler. Any girl wearing a skirt >4″ above the ground was sent home to change. Public school Anaheim, CA.
These may be college. They look older, too.
I’m pretty sure white people weren’t the only ones who went to high school. -________________-
actually in the 60′s there was still some segregation, so it is plausible to say that this school was still segregated. It is also possible that even though it technically wasn’t segregated, the area they lived in was. You have to remember racism was a long lasting issue for the majority and still butts its ugly head into lives today-from both sides.
the 60′s 70′s …fashion is just inspirational for me .! the dash ..!
Notice how much better people look before they all became obese?
The third to last picture is at my current high school. Hasn’t changed a bit.
Some of this is actually stylish but mostly it’s I’ll fitting ugly clothing with tassels
looks like what the kids in my highschool are starting to wear :P
Wonderful shots. One thing I noticed is the complete absence of logos, brand names and labeling. Everything looks so pure and simple.
It’s funny, when you think about it. 90% Of these so-called “hipsters” wear things exactly like this today. It’s quite awesome how styles like these are coming back, and are extremely popular, especially among high school students of today. And, it’s even funnier to think about how three, or so years ago, kids in high school would thing clothes like those are boring. Hmm. Shows what we know!
amazing stuff people wear